OBITUARIES
Debbie Austin Hendrix
May 9, 2019
Tupelo - Debbie Dianne Hendrix, 63, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019, at her residence. On November 26, 1955, she was born to Ollie and Viola Holloway Austin in Pontotoc. A collector of Hallmark ornaments, Debbie also collected Betty Boob and Coca-Cola memorabilia over the years. She enjoyed playing Pogo on her computer. She loved spending time with her family...
Sandra Penny-Mitchell
May 8, 2019
Sherman - Sandra Elizabeth Penny-Mitchell, 68, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. On March 11, 1951, she was born to Robert McAlvin Penny and Dixie Edwina Stallings Penny in Atlanta, Georgia. She married the love of her life, James Robert "Bob" Mitchell, on February 26, 1999, and they made their...
Sam Ellis Atkins
May 5, 2019
Sam Ellis Atkins, 97, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019, at his residence at Traceway Manor Retirement Community. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, he was born in Shannon, January 26, 1922, to Murrell Bowden and Charlie Estes Atkins. In 1939, he graduated as valedictorian from Shannon High School. On May 8, 1949, he married Anna Bell Morgan...
Ricky Burleson
May 4, 2019
Ricky Gale "Deerhunter" Burleson, 59, died Saturday, May 4, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Glendale, Arizona April 19, 1960, to Bobby "Ben" and Geneva L. Gale Burleson, but has called Pontotoc home for most of his life. For 20 years, he worked as an over the road driver with J&B Trucking...
Shirley McKee Dawkins
May 4, 2019
Shirley McKee Dawkins, 86, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical center. There will be no formal services.
Jack Harbin
April 30, 2019
James V. "Jack" Harbin, 86, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at his residence. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born January 22, 1933, to Clarence Velton and Audie Tucker Harbin. For 27 years, he served his community as a firefighter with the Tupelo Fire Department before retiring as Captain in 1996. Throughout his working life and...
Joe Kolarik
April 28, 2019
Tupelo - Joseph Kolarik, Jr., 83, surrounded by his loving family, passed away, Sunday, April 28, 2019, after an extended illness, at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Czechoslovakia, Joe was born October 18, 1935, to Joseph and Bozena Kolarik, and at the age of three his family moved to the United States and made their home in Maryland....
Antonia Crosilla
April 26, 2019
Tupelo, formerly of Trieste, Italy - Antonia Crosilla, 97, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2019, at Diversicare of Tupelo. On March 10, 1922, she was born to Luigi and Rosa Villatora in Trieste, Italy and was the youngest of six children. She married the love of her life, Mario, and they shared 62 wonderful years...
Bessie Mae Smith
April 20, 2019
Saltillo - Bessie Mae Smith, 85, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Pontotoc, April 22, 1933, to Cecil and Ophe Shettles. Earlier in life, she worked as a sewing machine operator with Richey’s Furniture Manufacturing and also worked a short while with Lee Sportswear. Later in life,...
Debbie Causey
April 19, 2019
Debra Lynn "Debbie" Causey, 56, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Amory, May 13, 1962, to George "Bub" Robert and Doris Faye Gaines Causey. She had recently been working as a waitress at Red Lobster. Debbie was a free spirit and enjoyed taking time to explore things that interested her. She...
Ina "Memee" Kelley
April 18, 2019
Nettleton - Ina Mae "Memee" Kelley, 68, died Thursday, April 18, 2019, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born in Marietta, June 26, 1950, to Luther and Lena Mae Christian Mills and was a life-long resident of Nettleton and Mooreville area. In 1982, she married William "Bill" Kelley and for a number of years they owned and...
Ann Lollar
April 13, 2019
Mooreville - Annie Phene Lollar, 94, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. A lifelong resident of Mooreville, Ann was born December 15, 1924, to Elisha "E.L." and Nancy Brown Burcham in Lee County. She married W.B. "Bryan" Lollar and they shared sixty-six years together before his death in 2010. Ann retired from Blue Bell...
Lilia Cupino
April 8, 2019
Lilia Cupina, 82, passed away Monday, April 8, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at W.E. Pegues, Tupelo.
Jody Laney
April 6, 2019
Mary Jo "Jody" Laney, 83, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Diversicare in Amory after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of the Evergreen Community, she was born January 26, 1936, to Ronald Earl and Carrie May McDaniel. Jody spent most of her life taking care of her family at home but drove a school bus for a...
Steve Fowler
April 6, 2019
Shannon- Jimmy Steve Fowler, Jr., 55, died Saturday, April 6, 2019 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Tupelo, September 26, 1963 to Jimmy Steve and Velora Ann Fowler. On April 13, 1999, he married Debbie McCauley. Steve enjoyed fishing and playing the piano. He was a member of Tupelo Community Church. Survivors include his wife...
Mary Ann Kendall
April 6, 2019
Mary Ann Kendall Tupelo- Mary Ann Kendall, 90, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Newport, Arkansas she was born October 12, 1928 to David Longnecker and Opal Merle Murphy. In 1945, she married John W. Cudd, Jr. of Dallas, Texas. She worked as a secretary in the Aerospace Engineering...
Willie D. Schumpert
April 4, 2019
Plantersville - Willie David Schumpert, 80, died Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born in Itawamba County, September 23, 1938, to Curtis and Dovie Riley Schumpert and was a 1956 graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School. On June 30, 1960, he married Burma Jo Ruff at Richmond Baptist Church. From...
Paul Hester
April 4, 2019
Cason Community - William Paul Hester, 85, went on to be with his Lord and Savior, Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Diversicare in Tupelo. He was born in Pontotoc County, February 3, 1934, to Gurvis and Viola Worthy Hester but was a life-long resident of the Nettleton area. On September 7, 1957, he married Martha Edwards. Early in life, he...
Avis Malone Taylor
April 4, 2019
Tupelo, formerly of Hattiesburg and Lucedale - Avis Geraldine Malone Taylor, 96, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Avonlea Assisted Living in Tupelo after an extended illness. On December 4, 1922, Avis was born to Maurice and Lola Eubanks Malone and grew up in Lucedale. A 1940 graduate of Lucedale High School, she later attended college at Mississippi Southern. ...
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